This normal sunny day did not bode to residents of Ponyville nothing unusual when the old bouncy pony good friends gathered together again and saw... Sonic rainboom! But who is there in the sky if Rainbow Dash is here on the ground with her friends?

An earth pony and his griffon best friend set out with Twilight Sparkle to study other cultures and how to forge bonds of friendship with them. Things rarely go to plan though, and sometimes comically wrong. Then Chrysalis changes everything.

Both the House of Path and Herd Path enjoy strong growth in the years following their establishment. Like all such things, they have their ups and downs. These are vignettes in the lives of Twilight, Path, Free, Roseclaw, and their children.

You are a changeling, and you are different than others. A changeling has no feelings, no remorse. It was born to be a mindless slave. But you are different. Because of "her" you take actions for yourself now. And you can feel love.

A changeling is captured and Princess Twilight is tasked with questioning it. Thinking it will be easy, and perhaps finding out what makes these bugs tick, Twilight goes the scientific route, but finds something she did not expect.

From Twilight Sparkle's Secret Shipfic Folder-----K'larra was a deep cover changeling sent to spy on Ponyville in preparation for the invasion. Sazzix was a survivor of the invasion that slipped past the wards and posed as an ordinary pony.

This is actually kind of hilarious. And now I'm curious as to how a pair of changelings might get on with their lives after realizing they don't actually need to feed on ponies.

If you want a backstory explanation for the ability, it could be postulated that changelings don't feed off each other en masse because it's just energy exchange with no input - if they keep doing it they'll starve each other. However, living in Ponyville (as opposed to the hive) provides other sources of energy input, including pony food and the general friendship/love of the townsfolk in general permeating the area. Directly feeding on love one-on-one is simply a more efficient process, which is why the changelings tended to use it in preference (not to mention not having many other sources of energy).

Friendship might be magic, but love is power - as Cadance and Shining Armor know all too well. Even the Royal Sisters have access to the population's love for their rulers and their appreciation for the day, night, sun, and moon.

Switcheroo Changelings in love, existential crises, and shapeshifting pranks abound in this secret document that was totally not found under the bed of Celestia's number one student. Nope. It was, uh, Trixie's bed. In her wagon.

4577540 I'm really not sure if I should be happy or sad for you. For one thing, you've written a great thing here while trying to write something bad. On the other hand, you had a reason to try to write something bad, and wrote this instead. So... Congratusorry?